14 Top nonfiction books like How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds by Clare Walker Leslie

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How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

By: Clare Walker Leslie

4.36

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Bestselling author and acclaimed nature illustrator Clare Walker Leslie invites beginning birdwatch…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds by Clare Walker Leslie , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?

By: Gary L. Thomas

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Happy is good. Holy is better. Your marriage is more than a sacred covenant with another person. I… read more

Similar categories in Gary L. Thomas's Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • nonfiction
"Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us into a countercultural pursuit."

-Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?

"Heloise learned to love Abelard solely for who he was. That forbidden love brought her nothing but pain, but she would rather have shame and pain with Abelard than peace and happiness without him."

-Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?

"Contempt is born when we fixate on our spouse’s weaknesses. Every spouse has these sore points. If you want to find them, without a doubt you will. If you want to obsess about them, they’ll grow – bu…"

-Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?

"The mature response, however, is not to leave; it's to change -- ourselves. Whenever marital dissatisfaction rears its head in my marriage -- as it does in virtually every marriage -- I simply check …"

-Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?

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2. The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War, #1)

By: Jacqueline Davies

3.67

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

For a full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied … read more

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3. The Moomins and the Great Flood (The Moomins, #1)

By: Tove Jansson , David McDuff

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

The Moomins and the Great Flood is the first book about the Moomins, originally published in 1945. … read more

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4. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

By: Margaret Renkl

4.37

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Renkl's The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • birds
  • nature
  • science
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5. The Backyard Bird Chronicles

By: Amy Tan

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Flexibound

A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more

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  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • birds
  • nature
  • science
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

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6. The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.35

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

“With our hearts and minds focused on the stewardship of the only planet we have, the best way to e… read more

Similar categories in Douglas W. Tallamy's The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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7. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

Similar categories in Keith O'Brien's Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • nonfiction
Cover of Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace

8. Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It

By: Jennifer Breheny Wallace

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive book on the rise of “toxic achievement cultu… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Breheny Wallace's Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • nonfiction
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9. Fire Exit

By: Morgan Talty

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more

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"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

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10. Birding to Change the World: A Memoir

By: Trish O'Kane

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, socia… read more

Similar categories in Trish O'Kane's Birding to Change the World: A Memoir book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • birds
  • nature
  • science
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11. Crow Talk

By: Eileen Garvin

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Nationally bestselling author of The Music of Bees Eileen Garvin returns with a moving story of hop… read more

Similar categories in Eileen Garvin's Crow Talk book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • birds
  • animals
  • nature
Cover of In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger

12. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Junger's In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • nonfiction
  • science
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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13. American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal

By: Neil King Jr.

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C. to New York City—an unfor… read more

Similar categories in Neil King Jr.'s American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" by Emily  Raboteau

14. Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"

By: Emily Raboteau

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau uses the lens of motherhood to craft a powerfully mo… read more

Similar categories in Emily Raboteau's Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • nonfiction
Cover of How to Attract Birds to Your Garden: Foods they like, plants they love, shelter they need by Dan Rouse

15. How to Attract Birds to Your Garden: Foods they like, plants they love, shelter they need

By: Dan Rouse

4.10

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Help your local wild birds by providing them with a safe garden environment Make a difference to y… read more

Similar categories in Dan Rouse's How to Attract Birds to Your Garden: Foods they like, plants they love, shelter they need book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • birds
  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
Cover of Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps by Jon  Favreau

16. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps

By: Jon Favreau

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From your friends at Pod Save America  and Crooked Media comes a useful and illustrated guide to sa… read more

Similar categories in Jon Favreau's Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • nonfiction
Cover of Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3) by Benjamin   Stevenson

17. Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3)

By: Benjamin Stevenson

4.30

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Benjamin Stevenson returns with a Christmas addition to his bestselling, “deviously good fun” (Nita… read more

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18. Burn

By: Peter Heller

3.72

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emer… read more

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19. How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

By: Clare Walker Leslie

4.36

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Bestselling author and acclaimed nature illustrator Clare Walker Leslie invites beginning birdwatch… read more

Similar categories in Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • birds
  • nature
  • science
Cover of The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

20. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer

4.68

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision … read more

Similar categories in Robin Wall Kimmerer's The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World book and Clare Walker Leslie's How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds

  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
Cover of Backpack Explorer: Discovering Plants and Flowers: What Will You Find? by Editors of Storey Publishing

21. Backpack Explorer: Discovering Plants and Flowers: What Will You Find?

By: Editors of Storey Publishing

4.68

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Head outside and learn about the amazing plants and flowers all around! In the seventh book of the … read more

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4.37

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4.14

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4.42

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4.12

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Andrew Clements

3.97

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4.11

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